Gas-burning range.



S. MARTOCCIO.

GAS BURNING RANGE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. s. l9l6 1,215,679. Patented Feb. 13, 1917.

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SEBASTIANO MARTOCCIO, or NEWYORK, N. Y. I

GASBUR1\TING RANGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

. Application filed March 3, 1916. Serial No. 81,826.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, SEBASTIANO MARTOC- 010, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New vide a burner for the fuel which will direct the flame against the portion or portions of the stove or range where a high degree of heat is desirable for cooking or heating purposes.

Further, the invention has for its object to provide a burner having pipes for directing theflame against one portion of the stove or range which pipes are provided with' branches for directing the flame against another portion of the stove or range.

A further object is to provide the fire-pot of ranges of this type with heat-retaining members which are so supported therein novel details of construction, and in the combination, connection and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and then pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, showing an. illustrative embodiment of the invention- Figure 1 is a front view of a range with my improved burnerapplied thereto, parts being broken away;

Fig. 2 is a side view of the burner, parts being shown in. section;

Fig. 3 is an end view of the burner, parts being'shown in section, and .Fig. 4 is an .elevational view on an enlarged-scale of one-of the heat-retaining elements. V I

While the improved burner may be used in connection with any suitable type ofstove or range it is shown, for. purposes of illustration, as applied to a French range.

Referring to the drawings 10 indicates a range having a fire-pot 11 located between ovens 12, 12, as is usual in French ranges. Positioned within the fire-pot 11,.and supported in any suitable manner, as, for example, by brackets 13, isthe burner;

The burner'comprises a mixing chamber 15 provided with a plurality of outlets in its upper surface communicating witha plurality of rows of pipes 16 and 17 secured to the mixing chamber 15 and extending upwardly therefrom. The pipes 17 which are arranged in a' row centrally of the mixing chamber 15 throughout the length thereof and between the rows of pipes 16 are of greater length than the pipes 16 and terminate a short distance below the top plate of the range; They are provided intermediate their ends with oppositely-disposed, laterally-extending branches 18 and 19, the branches 18 being arranged above the branches 19 as clearly shown in Fig. 3. The branches 18 and 19 are of such a length that they terminate adjacent the inner walls of the ovens 12, 12, and are so inclined with respect to the pipes 17 that the branches 18 serve to direct the flame against the upper portions of the oven walls while the branches 19 serve to direct the flame against the lower portions thereof.

a suitable grid 22 mounted." within the: fire" box 11 in any suitable manner and spaced from the upper surface of the mixing chamber 15 so that the weight of the members 21 will not be borne by the burner.

The heat-retaining members 21 are made of fire-brick, fire-clay, lava, or any other suitable refractory material and are in the form of hollow spheres having diametrically-disposed apertures 23 in their walls and provided upon their outer surfaces with a plurality of projections 24:. The apertures 28 permit the 'flame to pass through the hollow members 21 whereby they will be quickly heated and the projections 24 serve to space the members from one another sufliciently to permit the flame to pass freely between them thus avoiding any choking of the flame which might otherwise occur.

The gas and air, which forms the combustible mixture, are directed into the mixing chamber 15 through the lower wall thereof by pipes 25 and 26, respectively, of any suitable construction, the amount of air passing through the pipe 26 being controlled by a suitable regulating valve as is usual in burners of this general type. r

In operation when the burner is lighted the heata-etaining members 21 will absorb and store the heat from the flame, thus of fecting a saving in the amount of gas used. As the central row of pipes 17 will direct the flame against the top plate of the range and as the branches 18 and 19 will direct the flame against the inner walls of the oven, these parts of the range will be subjected to a high degree of heat thereby insuring that the cooking operations will be facilitated.

Having thus described my said invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A burner comprising a mixing chamber and a pipe having one end communicating therewith and its other end open, said pipe being provided with oppositely-disposed, laterally extending branches communicating therewith intermediate the ends thereof, substantially as specified.

2. A burner comprising a mixing chamber and a pipe having one end communicating therewith and its other end open, said pipe being provided with laterally-extend ing branches communicating therewith intermediate the ends thereof, the point of communication of one of said branches being nearer the open end of said pipe than is the point of communication of the other of said branches, substantially as specified.

3. A burner comprising a mixing chamber and an open-ended pipe extending upwardly therefrom and communicating therewith, said pipe being provided with openended branches communicating therewith intermediate the ends thereof, the open end of one of said branches being positioned in a plane below the plane of the open end of the other of said branches, substantially as specified.

A. A burner comprising a mixing chamber and an open-ended pipe extending upwardly therefrom and communicating therewith, said pipe being provided with oppositely-disposed, open-ended branches communicating therewith intermediate the ends thereof, the open end of one of said branches being positioned in a plane below the plane of the open end of the other of said branches, substantially as specified.

5. A burner comprising a mixing chamber, a plurality of rows of pipes communicating therewith, a row of pipes provided with laterally-extending branches and communicating with said mixing chamber, said row of pipes being positioned between two adjacent rows of said plurality of rows of pipes, substantially as specified.

6. A burner comprising a mixing chamber, a plurality of rows of pipes communicating therewith, a row of pipes provided with laterally-extending branches and communicating with said mixing chamber, said row of pipes being positioned centrally of said mixing chamber and between two adjacent rows of said plurality of rows of pipes, substantially as specified.

7. A burner comprising a mixing chamber, a plurality of rows of pipes communicating therewith, a row of pipes provided with laterally-extending branches and communicating with said mixing chamber, the pipes of said row being longer than the pipes of said plurality of rows, said row of pipes being positioned between two adjacent rows of said plurality of rows of pipes, substantially as specified.

8. A burner comprising a mixing chamber, a plurality of rows of pipes communicating therewith, a row of pipes provided with oppositely-disposed branches andv communicating with said mixing chamber, said row of pipes being positioned between two adjacent rows of said plurality of rows of pipes, substantially as specified.

9. A burner comprising a mixing chamber, a plurality of rows of pipes communicating therewith, a row of pipes provided with oppositely-disposed, laterally-extending branches and communicating with said mixing chamber, said row of pipes being positioned between two adjacent rows of said plurality of rows of pipes, substantially as specified.

10. A burner comprising a mixing chamber, a plurality of rows of pipes communicating therewith, a row of pipes communicating with said mixing chamber and positioned between two adjacent rows of said plurality of rows of pipes, each of the pipes Signed at the city of New York, in the of said row of pipes being provided With county and State of New York, this 4th 10 laterally-extending branches oommunicatday of February, one thousand nine huning therewith, the outlet of one of said dred and sixteen.

5 branches being positioned at a greater dis- SEBASTIANO MARTOCCIO.

tance below the outlet of its associated Witnesses: pipe than is the outlet of the other of said WILLIAM F. JONES, branches, substantially as specified. JOSEPH G. QUINN, Jr.

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